The
competition

2021 marks the year of Géza Anda’s 100th birthday and the 15th edition of the International Piano Competition.
The schedule and essential information on the Concours Géza Anda in 2021 can be found here.

This programme will be agreed between the Jury and the candidate, based on the selection of works from the repertoire list and the list of compulsory pieces that the candidate submitted with their application. The recital programme must be in the following order:

1st partA complete sonata from the list, by either Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt or Schubert.

2nd partA work or compilation of several works from the list.

3rd partA work of the candidate’s free choice, which does not need to be from the list.

For the Final Round, the finalists are asked to prepare works by different composers from the four groups mentioned below, either two works (selection from groups 1 and 2) or three works (selection from group 1, 3 or 4 or group 2, 3 or 4). Groups 3 and 4 cannot be combined.

This prize rewards the candidates best interpretation of a work by F. Liszt or B. Bartók. It will consist of the sum of CHF 10,000 .- .

Mozart Prize of the Musikkollegium Winterthur

The Jury, in consultation with the Musikkollegium Winterthur, will award the Mozart Prize to the semi-finalist whom they consider to have given the best Mozart interpretation during the Mozart Round of the Concours Géza Anda 2021. The Mozart Prize, sponsored by the Musikkollegium Winterthur, consists of a concert accompanied by the orchestra and the sum of CHF 6,000.- .

Géza Anda Audience Prize

This Prize rewards the finalist whose personal and musical character makes the greatest impression on the concert audience. Please note: in contrast to the awards made by the Jury – which bases its decision on all four Rounds of the Competition – the Audience Prize is awarded solely on the basis of the Final Concert in the Zurich Tonhalle on 5 June 2021. The Audience Prize is sponsored by Privatbank IHAG Zürich AG. It provides the winner with the chance to perform in a concert.

Hortense Anda-Bührle Special Price

The Géza Anda Foundation will award the Hortense Anda-Bührle Special Prize to one of the young participants for a performance of outstanding artistic merit during the Competition. The Prize will consist of the sum of CHF 3,000.- .